Educating the Public

In the early 1900”s we were told that the public and medicine would accept us if we were licensed. W e spent the next sixty years doing that. Then they told us the public and the medical community would accept us if we were included in government programs (apparently licensure did not do it). We got into Medicare, Medicaid, accreditation, and other government programs. Apparently it did not work because we were then told that the public and the medical community would accept us if our education was equivalent to an m.d’s. So we spent the late 60”s until the present “upgrading” and medicalizing our chiropractic education until it looks very much like medicine’s. Today the cry is “if we want acceptance we need to do research, to prove the validity of chiropractic”. Education appears not to have been the answer. Can we believe those who have lied to us about licensure, government recognition, and education?
All this time there has been a certain segment of the profession that has not worried about licensure, government recognition, education, or research. They have just gone about the business of educating the public about chiropractic. Some of their methods, techniques and approaches leave a lot to be desired. Even so, they have apparently been accepted and reached a level of success. Perhaps we need to continue and improve upon their efforts.

A Chiropractic World View

Recently a noted chiropractor wrote in a professional publication that he had attended a seminar that discussed the chiropractic world view. He never explained what it was. What is your understanding of a "chiropractic world view".

A Question for "chiropractic diagnosticians"

To what standard in the area of diagnosis should a chiropractor be held? Should he be as competent as a medical doctor? If so, would it be appropriate for an M.D. to act as an expert witness against a chiropractor in a malpractice case?

Welcome to Chiropractic Thoughts

It's been a lnog time since there was dialogue on FACE. I hope this vehicle can spur thought and discussion. We'll give it a try. If there are topis you would like to discuss please write me. I will be posting my first official "Thought" in the next day or two. Some are probaly looking forward to it as the first intelligent thought I have ever had. Don't get your hopes up to high! I am not quite sure how all this blog thing works so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Am I supposed to sign this or is it understood that I wrote it? Joe